Josephine M Workman, better known by her stage name Princess Mona Darkfeather, was an American actress who starred in Native American and Western dramas.
18 Facts About Mona Darkfeather
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Mona Darkfeather is best known for her role as Prairie Flower in The Vanishing Tribe.
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Mona Darkfeather apparently embellished her riding skills, as she did not have any, but nevertheless quickly learned horsemanship.
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Mona Darkfeather was born Josephine M Workman in Boyle Heights, California, and baptized at the Plaza Church, Los Angeles, when she was four months old.
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Mona Darkfeather's siblings were Mary Cristina Workman ; Agnes Elizabeth Workman ; Marie Lucile "Lucy" Workman ; William Joseph Workman ; George D Workman ; and Nellie Workman.
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Mona Darkfeather's grandparents were William Workman, a native of England, and Nicolasa Urioste, who hailed from the Taos, New Mexico.
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Mona Darkfeather's parents separated in 1893, and Josephine lived with her mother.
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In 1906, Darkfeather married Harry Martin Knoll, who died two years later in 1908.
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In late 1928, Mona Darkfeather married banker and financer Alfred Wessling until their divorce in 1935.
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On December 23,1937, Montgomery and Mona Darkfeather remarried after nine years of separation and remained married until Montgomery's death in 1944.
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Mona Darkfeather was a noted moving picture artist who regularly starred in roles of Indian and Western dramas.
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Mona Darkfeather said she was an Indian Princess and had been made a blood member of the Blackfoot Nation and given the title of princess by a "Chief Big Thunder".
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Mona Darkfeather played Indian roles in one-reel western melodrama shorts, such as A White Indian and A Blackfoot's Conspiracy, as well as feature length movies.
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Mona Darkfeather played leading roles as Spanish women in several historical dramas.
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Mona Darkfeather made movies for Bison starting in 1909, the Selig Polyscope Company between 1909 and 1913, Nestor Studios in 1912 and for Kalem Studios beginning in 1913.
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Mona Darkfeather appeared in her last movie, The Hidden Danger, in 1917, then retired from the screen.
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Mona Darkfeather died at age 94 from a stroke, due to cerebral atherosclerosis, at a convalescent center on South Crenshaw Boulevard, Los Angeles.
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Mona Darkfeather is interred in section K, lot 116, grave 7, in the Holy Cross Cemetery, Culver City, California, under the name Josephine Workman.